Tag: China

  • Former Timber Merchant Revives Ancient Art

    Former Timber Merchant Revives Ancient Art

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    In Jianghan district of Wuhan, Hubei province, Wu Youquan, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of traditional guqin making, has spent over two decades transforming himself from a timber merchant into a master luthier, a maker of stringed instruments. Born in 1972 in Tuanfeng, Hubei, the craftsman has adhered to the philosophy of “approaching…

  • Richard Wu Breaks the Mold

    Richard Wu Breaks the Mold

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    Solitaire International features the “iconoclast” Richard Wu and his “one-off, new-age” jewelry. Richard Wu is the architect of the unexpected, and breaking the mould is second nature to him. His artistry lies in expressing his existential angst through one-off, new-age creations. Starting out as a traditional jade carver and engraver in Suzhou, China, and later learning…

  • Teaching Children to Think and Innovate Through Art

    Teaching Children to Think and Innovate Through Art

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    While AI may be controversial to many, Tian Taiquan has embraced the technology and, in 2023, pioneered the first AI co-creation art program for children. In a recent interview Tian Taiquan, founder of the Erduoren children’s art brand and a renowned contemporary Chinese artist, discussed his innovative art education approach. “Our goal is to teach…

  • Ancient Chinese Art Form Revived

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    People’s Daily Online highlights how the ancient artform of filigree inlaid metal art was revived and is being preserved by a family that has kept the intricate craft, one of the eight imperial handicrafts of Beijing, alive for three generations.

  • Chinese Populace Rejects GM Foods

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    The resistance to genetically modified foods by the populace is consistent in almost every country where they are “literally” trying to ram it down people’s throats.  Here’s an article about the uncertain fate of GM food imports into China posted in Want China Times: In November of 2013, China rejected imports of 600,000 tonnes of US-grown corn…

  • New Chinese President Looking to Religion to Fill Moral Void

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    Corruption has become so bad in China, the new president is now looking to religion to potentially fill the moral void. The predictions of His Holiness the Dalai Lama that the new Chinese President, Xi Jinping, might come forward with humane reforms in dealing with Tibet appear to be coming true. The Central Tibetan Administration reported…

  • As Societies Urbanize Food Importation Increases

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    This is a phenomenon I’m finding in article after article all over the world.  As societies urbanize, they become more and more dependent on food imports.  In his piece “Do You Remember How Real Organic Food Looks and Tastes Like?” Vladimir Stoiljkovic documents how many Serbian villages are now populated mainly by the elderly as young…

  • Photo of the Day

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    The rice terraces of Yunnan, China, are carved into the hillside. Different types of vegetation lend the landscape its alternating hues. See more surreal landscapes here.

  • Historian Free to Exhibit Kurdish Folklore

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    Shvan Goran spotlights the opening of folklore and cultural exhibitions taking place in Duhok’s local museum through the efforts of historian Rafa’at Rajab in the Kurdish Globe: In the centre of Duhok, a city which is stepping towards modern life, there is an old fashioned building where hundreds of ancient antiques and artefacts have been kept…

  • Marketing Co-op Seen as Last Defense Against Free Trade

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    Why do governments sign these trade agreements that negatively impact their local producers?  This article by Jimmy Laking, in the Phillipine Baguia Midland Courier, underscores the need to strengthen farmers marketing cooperatives to cope with the onslaught of vegetable products from China, that will flood the market, when the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement comes into…